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The Abe Assassination and Japan’s Nexus of Religion and Politics
Ist Teil von
Current history (1941), 2023-09, Vol.122 (845), p.209-216
Ort / Verlag
Oakland: University of California Press, Journals & Digital Publishing Division
Erscheinungsjahr
2023
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Beschreibungen/Notizen
The shocking murder of Japan’s former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe by a gunman motivated by anger at the politician’s ties to the controversial Unification Church sparked a massive outcry that amplified long-standing anxieties about religion in Japan. This article surveys reasons for persistent tensions between a Japanese public that tends to reject self-identifying as religious and the influence of religion-affiliated organizations on Japanese politics. It also identifies Abe’s assassination in July 2022 and local-level elections in April 2023 as potential beginning and end points of the latest moral panic about religion in Japan’s public sphere.